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| Hong Kong Baptist University | OTHER |
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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of acupuncture treatment on residual insomnia in major depressive patients.
This is a randomized single-blinded controlled trial. Patients will be randomly assigned to one of the three groups. One is the traditional acupuncture treatment group, one is the non-traditional acupuncture treatment group and the other is an acupuncture-like placebo treatment. Patients will be put into groups and then compared. The chance of getting into each group is 1:1:1, i.e. equal chance.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Traditional Acupuncture | Experimental | Patients will be treated at bilateral Ear Shenmen, Sishencong EX-HN1, Anmian, and unilateral Yintang EX-HN3 and Baihui GV20. Acupuncture treatment will be performed by a registered Chinese medicine practitioner. "De qi"(an irradiating feeling considered to be indicative of effective needling) is achieved if possible. An electric-stimulator (CEFAR Acus II, Lund, Sweden) is connected to these needles to give an electric-stimulation in continuous wave, frequency of 4 Hz, 0.45 ms square wave pulses and constant current. Surgical tape or hair pin will be adhered to the needles.The needles will be left for 30 min and then removed. Acupuncture treatment will consist of three sessions per week for 3 consecutive weeks. |
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| Minimal Acupuncture | Active Comparator | Patients will be treated superficially at points away from classic acupoints. The points include bilateral "Deltoideus" [in the middle of the line insertion of Binao LI 14 and acromion], "Forearm" [1 inch laterally of the middle point between Shaohai HE3 and Shenmen HE7], "Upper arm" [1 inch laterally of Tianfu LU 3] and "Lower leg" [0.5 inch dorsally of Xuanzhong GB39]. "De qi" is avoided during needling. The treatment procedure, electric-stimulation, frequency, duration and number of treatment sessions will be the same for the Traditional Acupuncture group. |
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| Placebo Acupuncture | Placebo Comparator | Placebo needles designed by Streitberger (1998) will be used. The placebo needles are blunt needle that will not penetrate the skin during needle insertion. The handles of these placebo needles will slide over the needle when it is compressed, giving it the appearance of penetrating the skin. The placebo needles are inserted to the site 1 inch beside the acupoints in order to avoid the acupressure effect. The needles are held by a surgical tape or hair pin in hairy region to imitate the retention of needles. The needles are connected to an electric-stimulator with zero frequency and amplitude. The number, duration and frequency of the treatment sessions, and the intervention procedure will be the same for electro-acupuncture and placebo acupuncture. |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Acupuncture | Other | Acupuncture at bilateral Ear Shenmen, Sishencong EX-HN1, Anmian, and unilateral Yintang EX-HN3 and Baihui GV20. The needles will be left for 30 min and then removed. Acupuncture treatment will consist of three sessions per week for 3 consecutive weeks. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Self-rated sleep quality score measured by Insomnia Severity Index questionnaire | Baseline, weekly during the treatment course, 1-week and 4-week posttreatment. | |
| Sleep parameters (sleep onset latency, sleep efficiency, total sleep time, times of wakening during sleep) by objective measure - wrist actigraphy | Baseline, 1-week posttreatment, and 4-week posttreatment. | |
| Sleep parameters (sleep onset latency, sleep efficiency, total sleep time, times of wakening during sleep) by subjective measures using sleep log. | Baseline, weekly during the treatment course, 1-week and 4-week posttreatment. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Self-rated sleep quality score measured by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) questionnaire | Baseline, weekly during the treatment course, 1-week and 4-week posttreatment. | |
| Depression state measured by Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD) | Baseline, 1-week posttreatment, and 4-week posttreatment. |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Ka-Fai Chung, MBBS | The University of Hong Kong | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Western Psychiatry Centre | Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 27503746 | Derived | Yeung WF, Chung KF, Yu YB, Lao L. What predicts a positive response to acupuncture? A secondary analysis of three randomised controlled trials of insomnia. Acupunct Med. 2017 Mar;35(1):24-29. doi: 10.1136/acupmed-2016-011058. Epub 2016 Aug 8. | |
| 21629370 | Derived | Yeung WF, Chung KF, Tso KC, Zhang SP, Zhang ZJ, Ho LM. Electroacupuncture for residual insomnia associated with major depressive disorder: a randomized controlled trial. Sleep. 2011 Jun 1;34(6):807-15. doi: 10.5665/SLEEP.1056. |
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| ID | Term |
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| D007319 | Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders |
| D003863 | Depression |
| ID | Term |
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| D020919 | Sleep Disorders, Intrinsic |
| D020920 | Dyssomnias |
| D012893 | Sleep Wake Disorders |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
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| ID | Term |
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| D015670 | Acupuncture Therapy |
| D015671 | Electroacupuncture |
| ID | Term |
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| D000529 | Complementary Therapies |
| D013812 | Therapeutics |
| D003131 | Combined Modality Therapy |
| D004599 | Electric Stimulation Therapy |
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| Subjects' functioning regarding work/study, social life and family measured by Sheehan Disability Scale | Baseline, weekly during the treatment course, 1-week and 4-week posttreatment. |
| Subjects' credibility to the treatment measured by Credibility of treatment rating scale | Second and the last time of the treatment. |
| D001523 |
| Mental Disorders |
| D001526 | Behavioral Symptoms |
| D001519 | Behavior |
| D026741 | Physical Therapy Modalities |
| D012046 | Rehabilitation |
| D004561 | Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation |
| D000698 | Analgesia |
| D000760 | Anesthesia and Analgesia |
| D000758 | Anesthesia |